Isobutyronitrile

• Formula: C₄H₇N
• Molecular weight: 69.1051
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H7N/c1-4(2)3-5/h4H,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LRDFRRGEGBBSRN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 78-82-0
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• Other names: Propanenitrile, 2-methyl-; Isopropyl cyanide; Isopropylnitrile; 1-Cyano-1-methylethane; 2-Cyanopropane; 2-Methylpropanenitrile; 2-Methylpropionitrile; iso-C3H7CN; Dimethylacetonitrile; Isopropylkyanid; UN 2284; α-Methylpropanenitrile; NSC 60536
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

References

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Morton, Cala, et al., 1956
Morton, M.; Cala, J.A.; Piirma, I., The Branching Reaction I. Chain Transfer of Styrene with Thiol, Alcohol, and Nitrile, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78, 5394-8. [all data]

Brown and van Gulick, 1955
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Arthur, England, et al., 1954
Arthur, P.; England, D.C.; Pratt, B.C.; Whitman, G.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 5364. [all data]

McElvain and Aldridge, 1953
McElvain, S.M.; Aldridge, C.L., Keten Acetals. XXX> Alkylation of Dimethylketene Dimethylacetal, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 3987. [all data]

Naylor and Andersen, 1953
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Lewis and Susi, 1952
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Teter and Merwin, 1945
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Drozdov and Bekhli, 1944
Drozdov, N.S.; Bekhli, A.F., Reaction of Imido Esters With Some Primary Amines and Ammonia., Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1944, 14, 280. [all data]

Skrabal, 1937
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De Hoffmann and Barbier, 1936
De Hoffmann, C.; Barbier, E., Synthesis and refractometric study of saturated alpha-methylnitriles, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1936, 45, 565-83. [all data]

Erickson and Barnett, 1935
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Mailhe, 1920
Mailhe, A., Ann. Chim. (Paris), 1920, 13, 183. [all data]

Mailhe and de Godon, 1918
Mailhe; de Godon, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1918, 23, 18. [all data]

Arbusov, 1910
Arbusov, A.E., Chem. Ber., 1910, 43, 2296. [all data]

Letts, 1872
Letts, E.A., Chem. Ber., 1872, 5, 669. [all data]

Notes

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